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Pratap Chandra Bhanj Deo

1901–1968 · 20th century

Pratap Chandra Bhanj Deo was the last ruling Maharaja of Mayurbhanj, a princely state in Odisha, from 1928 to 1949. In 1947 he introduced an elected government with a responsible ministry, and Mayurbhanj held out longer than the other Orissa states, but it merged into the province of Orissa on 1 January 1949.

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Mayurbhanj State

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